If you don't like a technical solution, surely you could come up with a better argument than calling the authors "mindless software extremists"? This in the same breath as saying "create out of love" really does not come across convincing.
Why so much hostility towards suckless? They've made a handfull of programs and some of the work well. The author hasn't even linked any software they've made despite saying that they "spent most of my free time writing code".
True simplicity is a complete fucking myth. Every system is complicated at some level if you drill deep enough. What tends to matter is how many concepts you have to keep in your head with working with something. To that end, I agree with the author: suckless tools tend to actually bring a lot of grimey details to the forefront, at least in my fairly limited experience.